Revell 69 Camaro

[kmc3420]

 

My Dad has a Camaro he has been working on for a while now. He has put a new 383 motor in it, as well as a rebuilt manual tranny. The drive train is perfectly sound, it just lacks the perfect body. So I wanted to make a car that he could sit on his desk at work as a reminder to keep at it on a daily basis. I have not built a model in a long time, and learned quite a bit on this build, but plan to build many more, getting better each try as I have purchased many of the necessary tools.

The paint is Testors enamel with Testors enamel clear coat. I color wet-sanded the body, and then added 3 clear coats and polished the clear coat out. Still learning.

I fully understand that there are some inaccuracies and oversights on my end, like the dual carbs and one air cleaner/filter. I am okay with how it turned out, next go round I will be doing much more test fitting.

My dad’s 1:1 car: He has put black spray paint where the paint is peeling or there are small amounts of rust so I felt I should replicate those.

 

My very close rendering:

[Belugawrx]

Great paint job Keagan! Gonna help Pops when it comes time to painting the 1:1 ?

Engine bay looks good too

Cheers

[kmc3420]

Great paint job Keagan! Gonna help Pops when it comes time to painting the 1:1 ?

Engine bay looks good too

Cheers

Thanks Bruce, I will for sure be helping when it comes to painting, probably mostly on the sanding side . This build was a lot of fun for me, as I never had the intent of perfection, however the paint came out pretty decent. The BMF was fun, my first go at that. Probably my biggest leason learned is use the glue sparingly!

Edited November 2, 2017 by kmc3420

[bbowser]

I love this!  The black primer spots are perfect.

[Jmaracing]

Sharp looking camaro. You did a great job.

[donb]

I love this!  The black primer spots are perfect.

Me too! Very cool!

[PARTSMARTY]

I love this!  The black primer spots are perfect.

x2

[crazyjim]

X3

[Snake45]

Pretty cool!

[Jordan White]

Interesting idea! Though I have to ask, why did you go with the '69 kit over the '68 kit when your dad's is a '68 (or possibly '67 with some mods)?

[kmc3420]

Thanks all for the positive comments. I plan on giving it to him today. The reason i went with the 69 is my local hobby lobby had a 69, and after purchasing it, I did find a 68 online, but only after the primer was laid and most of the black parts were painted, so I just went with it. My dad's is a 68. I haven't built a model since I was roughly 14, being 31 I for sure have lost touch in the model years offered. I was tempted to get a 68 and build it, but I was already committed.  I am pretty certain I will go ahead and get the 68, and build it as a finished car, nice paint and a correct 383. This build was all about fun for me, and that was accomplished, but am afraid I'm hooked now

Edited November 3, 2017 by kmc3420

[espo]

Excellent job getting the appearance and primer spots like your fathers car. If you should want to make another model as the 1:1 build progresses you might think about the Revell '67 Camaro kit as a bases and do the very minor modifications needed to make it a '68.

[kmc3420]

Excellent job getting the appearance and primer spots like your fathers car. If you should want to make another model as the 1:1 build progresses you might think about the Revell '67 Camaro kit as a bases and do the very minor modifications needed to make it a '68.

Thanks David, I will for sure consider that, as Jordan has stated. Using the correct car from the get go is a good plan. I have a 68 Chevy C10 on the bench for my next build so I have time to possibly buy both a 67 & 68 Camaro. I do know the next go round, I will be doing a mock up 1st.

[Dann Tier]

Nice replica job!

[Classicgas]

Nice Camaro.

[kmc3420]

Thanks for the compliments. I sure am happy with how it turned out. 

[mikemodeler]

Nice job on that, hopefully that will keep your Dad motivated to finish the car and you two can cruise in style!

[kmc3420]

Nice job on that, hopefully that will keep your Dad motivated to finish the car and you two can cruise in style!

Thanks Mike, we was super happy with it, which made me thankful. I am ready to cruise in style, that's for sure.